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Friday, July 11, 2008

Cyber Law Update July 2008 - Issue no. 2

UK: The Swiss Institute of Technology, Google and IBM conducted the study and found 600 million users had not updated their browsers. "Failure to apply patches promptly or missing them entirely is a recipe for disaster," the report said. Cyber criminals are frequently using websites to attack users, it added. Reported in BBC

Brazil: Google signed an agreement with Brazilian public prosecutors to help combat child pornography on its social networking site Orkut. Reported in MSNBC

Iran: The death penalty for those who promote corruption, prostitution and apostasy on the internet is being considered by Iran’s parliament. Reported in AsianNews

US: Missouri Governor signed legislation that aims to fight cyber-bullying by updating the state's current harassment and stalking laws to include communication over the Internet and through other electronic means. More

Haryana: Sirsa District Magistrate has ordered all the cafes owners in the district to install close circuit TV cameras in their premises with immediate effect. Reported in Economic Times

Security group fights back against cyber threats

Cisco, Intel, IBM, Microsoft and Juniper Networks will collaborate as part of the new Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (Icasi), which hopes to improve response times to online attacks that target multiple products.The group asserted that industry cooperation is needed as hackers and other cyber criminals are employing ever more sophisticated techniques to breach security defences.Recent research conducted by Fortify shows that four in five (81 per cent) IT professionals believe that their applications are vulnerable to breaches, with nearly a third of of people working in the sector describing themselves as 'very worried' about the security situation. Reported in BCS

Police caution 13-year-old girl over sex pictures on MySpace

New Zealand: A 13-year-old girl has been cautioned by New Zealand police after sexually explicit pictures of another 13-year-old girl were posted on social networking site MySpace without her knowledge. Reported in Stuff

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